Overview
This book is a security practitioner's guide to today's most crucial issues in cyber security and IT infrastructure. It offers in-depth coverage of the theory, technology, and practice related to established technologies as well as recent advancements. It explores practical solutions to a range of cyber-physical and IT infrastructure protection issues. Composed of 11 chapters contributed by experts, this useful book covers disaster recovery, biometrics, homeland security, cyber warfare, cyber security, national infrastructure security, access controls, vulnerability assessments and audits, cryptography, and operational and organizational security. It contains an extensive glossary of security terms and acronyms. Written for instructors and students, this book includes methods of analysis and problem-solving techniques as well as questions and answers and the ability to implement practical solutions through real-life case studies. For example, the new format includes the following pedagogical elements: checklists to gauge understanding; chapter review questions/exercises and case studies; and ancillaries's that include a solutions manual, slide package, and figure files. This format will be attractive to universities and career schools as well as federal and state agencies, corporate security training programs, ASIS certification, etc.
